A Trip to the Stars

An article in last week's Newstatesman magazine1 observed the lack of any ethical lines and underlined that the true nature of a journalist’s job is to find these ethical boundaries, follow them and show them to the public.

In ancient Greece, Aristotle wrote volumes of books referring to the rhetorical ethos that people who served the democracy should have. Nowadays, this ethos has been altered.

In my opinion, one of the reasons that caused this change is the mere fact that some peoples’ dreams are not noble enough. Moreover, to make my point clear, I will tell you a story that my professor told me while I was in University.

Once upon a time, there was a mosquito. All his sisters and brothers when they learned how to fly they had dreams that every mosquito had. They dreamt about flying around the lamps in the streets or inside the houses.

However, our mosquito’s dreams were different. He wanted to reach the stars. His parents told him off trying to persuade him to follow his brothers and sisters in a more secure and decent life. “You will never reach the stars. They are far away. The sun will burn you Stay here. Have the life that everyone has.”

But, that was not enough for the mosquito. Everyday he tried to fly to the stars. Everyday, he got burnt worse and worse while his family enjoyed their time in doing things that were easy and familiar to them. His struggle to make his dream come true gave him strength and lived for many years after his family died.

In my mind, there is no comparison between street lamps and stars. _____________________________________________________________________
References1 – Newstatesman-5 February 2007